GUSSET™

Designed by Ken Onion in Kaneohe, Hawaii

For a decorated knife designer, inspiration strikes anywhere. Like in a dune buggy.

This original Ken Onion design is ideal for those looking for a reliable everyday carry with a little something extra. The gussets of a metal dune buggy frame add strength and reduce weight—the Gusset™ by Ken Onion is extremely lightweight and earns serious style points.

For a decorated knife designer, inspiration strikes anywhere. Like in a dune buggy.

This original Ken Onion design is ideal for those looking for a reliable everyday carry with a little something extra. The gussets of a metal dune buggy frame add strength and reduce weight—the Gusset™ by Ken Onion is extremely lightweight and earns serious style points.

Ken Onion has designed and created hundreds of award-winning knives during his career in his Kaneohe, Hawaii shop, many of which break both style and performance barriers. The Gusset™ is no exception.

It’s an everyday carry with a head-turning design—one that is also highly functional—the open areas in the handle make for an extremely lightweight carry and one that’s simple to clean. The drop point blade features a titanium nitride finish and closes on a smooth IKBS™ ball bearing pivot system, and the stainless steel handle is gusseted, making it look seriously engineered.

Ken Onion is the type of designer that’s familiar with the inter-section of style and performance, and the Gusset™ lands exactly there.

Ken is the real deal. The youngest ever inductee into the Blade Magazine Hall of Fame in 2008, he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful knife designers of all time.

In 1996 he created the first commercially successful assisted opening mechanism, and 20 years later unveiled his award-winning Field Strip Technology. As the designer of the successful Eros™ folder series, as well as the award-winning Hi Jinx™, Ken never seems to be at a loss for ideas.